Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Response: Submission of the final document to the Board of Executive Directors for consideration

...Wind Project involved the construction and operation of a wind park in two indigenous communities, San Dionisio del Mar and Santa Maria de Mar, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Tehuantepec Isthmus has a natural wind tunnel that generates some of the best wind resources in the world, making this area a prime location for large-scale wind energy projects and several are already 3 ICIM Policy, Paragraph 53. 4 ICIM Policy, Paragrap...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Response: Final decision of the Board of Executive Directors

...Wind Project” (2644A/OC-ME) DATE: September 14, 2016 SUBJECT: Final Decision of the Board of Executive Directors on the Compliance Review Report for the Mareña Renovables Wind Project As per paragraph 71 of the Policy establishing the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism approved on February 2010 by the Board of Executive Directors, I hereby notify the Requesters...

Complaint > Eskom Investment Support Project

Management Response: 65-Management Response (English)

...winds, as noted earlier. Marapong and Onverwacht are located upwind, to the north and east of the project site. Downwind of the project site the land use is primarily large game farms with low density human population. Existing (baseline) data show that the highest S02 levels occur in the sparsely populated game farm area to the southwest. With significantly fewer people living downwind than upwind, it is expected that there would be significantly fewer at-risk individuals, and the likelihood of...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Response (English)

...Wind power potential needs further exploration, The recent Renewable Energy Assessment states as wind speeds have been recorded at low that “due to its geographical location, Uganda does not heights, not the 10 meters that is standard for seem to benefit from good wind resources with most ar- 14 wind power analysis. ...

Complaint > Mongolia Mining Infrastructure Investment Support (P118109) and Mining Infrastructure Investment Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: 102 - Management Response (English)

...wind can supply Mongolia’s rapidly growing demand at present due to their inherently intermittent nature. There is no 8 Mongolia: Updating the Energy Sector Development Plan. ADB Project number 43079. 9 Para 7, page 6, Mongolia: Updating the Energy Sector Development Plan, Part C, Volume VI of X. 17 Mongolia evidence that wind and solar power can provide a full substitute for hydropower and gas or coal fired power plants in Mongolia. 47. ...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Management Response: 28-Management Response (English)

...wind, it moves towards Luzon’s west shores in a north to northeasterly direction. 27. The EIA estimated that from the total residential water pollution load of 390 tons/day of BOD, about 30 percent or 130 tons/day of BOD would be removed from MM’s waterways by effective performance of existing septic tanks and improved Central and Pampanga. This caused widespread economic and environmental damage and created vast tracts of barren land in the area once considered the “rice and sugar bowl” o...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Response: 34-Management Response - Elaboration of the Short Term Action Plan

...wind energy for pumping and generation of electricity. 13. Program approach. Partner organizations work with communities in their designated area to mobilize community participation and organization. They assist the new community organization to determine needs and priorities, project selection and preparation, and determine community participation in implementation including cost sharing in kind. Training is provided to new community organizations. Strategies for assisting the communities, ...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...wind). Since Kosovo is a signatory to the Energy Community Treaty, two objectives of the strategy, i.e., decommissioning of Kosovo A and bringing Kosovo B into compliance with the EU Directive on Large Combustion Plants, represent legal obligations under the treaty. 16. Implementation of the above strategy is expected to reduce particulate matter (PM) emissions by over 90 percent and sulfur and nitrogen oxides by more than 70 per- cent over the current levels. In the absence of new capacity...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Management Response: 16-Management Response (English)

...wind during land development in order to minimize wind fetch and the potential for erosion. It has also been recommended that no land development be done during the windy period of the year (April–May) to further reduce risks. However, in response to concerns, it has been agreed that the Pre-Pilot Phase of the Project will be used to carry out additional research on the impacts of the existing adjacent settlements on ecological systems outside the Project development areas to provide a quantifie...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Response: 31-Management Response (English)

...winds as the rotary cross spectrum between wind and currents showed good correlation at the diurnal frequency. The sub-inertial period energy decreased with depth for the whole year. Tidal height measurements are given in the Final Report of the Oceanographic Program, Hazen and Sawyer, October 199. The fluctuations are small, generally less than 45 cm, and so do not contribute significantly to the currents. 2.3 Density Stratification Density stratification, the variation of seawater density with...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Determined...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Determined...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Report and Recommendation

...wind-power in Uganda. Moreover, there are few if any places in Uganda known for sustained, high winds throughout the year. Hence wind power is currently not viewed as a near-term realistic option for grid-connected generation and was not considered in the Economic Study. It bears noting that Uganda is a...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...wind, solar-photovoltaic, bagasse and biogas, and mini- hydroelectric energy generation. As an example, India has about 900 MW of installed power capacity. The renewable resources program is supported, through the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), by several donors, including the Bank Group under the Renewable Resources Development Project (US$115 million under Cr. 2449-IN), and a grant from the Global Environment Facility (US$26 million)...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Management Response: 46-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...windroses for the data collected by KESH in 2004 and 2005 can be seen in Figure 1 and 2 below. 39 Albania FIGURE 1 WINDROSE FOR THE SITE (2004) FIGURE 2 WINDROSE FOR THE SITE (2005) 40 Management Report and Recommendation The results of the modelling undertaken were compared to the relevant EU and World...

Complaint > El Dorado International Airport

Management Response: Submission of the final document to the Board of Executive Directors for consideration

...Wind Project (ME-MICI002-2012), there is a detailed schedule for the mission, the review of the documents, the preparation of a draft report, etc. We suggest that a similar schedule would also be appropriate in this case. b) We would like to be consulted prior to the confirmation of the proposed experts. We understand that their selection is a principal responsibility of the MICI, but we ask the MICI to ...

Complaint > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Response: Consideration by the Board of Executive Directors of the Recommendation and ToRs

...window—the Structured and Corporate Financing Department (SCF)—began due diligence for this operation with the signature of the mandate letter in April 2012, which culminated in approval of a non- sovereign guaranteed loan of US$200 million by the Board of Executive Directors on 16 October 2013 as the Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project (loan CH-L1067) for the project’s design, construction, operation, and maintenance stages. At the time of approval, the project’...

Complaint > Giza North Power Project

Management Response: 85-Management Response (English)

...wind and noise and increased security. At the request of some farmers, the wall is not continuous and has a few openings as some of the Requesters have not allowed construction adjacent to their lands. It is estimated that over eighty five percent of the perimeter fence is completed. The...

Complaint > South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b & 6b) - 1st request

Management Response: 66-Management Response (English)

...wind erosion, dust and moving sand dunes. From southeast of Kyzylorda city to Turkestan, the climate gradually becomes less arid with steppe vegetation, dominated by grassland with small patches of forest near rivers and in valleys. Further southeast, the area between Turkestan and Shymkent is used extensively for agriculture and horticulture. The Project area includes both the densely populated areas in South Kazakhstan oblast and the Kyzylorda oblast, where the population density is less than ...

Complaint > Transport Sector Support Project and its Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...window line is not alleged to result from vibration). 13 Kenya Photo: Identified house with cracks allegedly from vibration 36. Disruption of utility services. A disruption occurred in November 2018, when a water pipe was cut. However, records show that service was restored within three hours. Management is not aware of other reports of disruption to services. 37. Storm drainage and flooding. The scope of the works...